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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2024 a photo
“A Coca-Cola truck filled with kids was found by police in Cicero, Illinois.”
False
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 18, 2024
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on September 15, 2023 News release
Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."
Mostly True
By Vanessa Swales • December 22, 2023
Ron Tusler
Ron Tusler
stated on September 12, 2023 X, formerly Twitter
Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. ... Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • December 8, 2023
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on December 10, 2022 a tweet
Luana Stoltenberg “originally LOST her race for Iowa State House when Machines declared the Democrat the Winner.”
Half-True
By Liam Halawith • December 20, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 7, 2022 a Facebook post
This video shows Chuck Grassley demanding Joe Biden’s “resignation.”
False
December 13, 2022
Ashley Hinson
Ashley Hinson
stated on October 18, 2022 a tweet
Nancy Pelosi gave “$30,000 … to boost @LizMathis1’s campaign”
True
By Jami Martin-Trainor • November 4, 2022
Deidre DeJear
Deidre DeJear
stated on October 19, 2022 a tweet
"Kim Reynolds doesn’t think nurses are educated."
False
By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on October 6, 2022 a campaign ad
"Deidre DeJear refused to stand for police."
Half-True
By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on September 14, 2022 a tweet
“Iowans are paying $5,000 extra for everyday goods under Biden and Axne’s inflation.”
Half-True
By Liam Halawith • October 5, 2022
Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on September 18, 2022 a tweet
"I was named Iowa’s most bipartisan member of Congress by @TheLugarCenter.”
Mostly True
September 27, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on August 24, 2022 a newsletter
“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even result in audits of innocent Americans who have paid their taxes and don’t owe the IRS anything.”
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • August 31, 2022
Deidre DeJear
Deidre DeJear
stated on August 13, 2022 remarks at the Iowa State Fair
“$1.5 billion of your taxpayer money is sitting in an account” that can be used for other purposes.
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • August 29, 2022
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
stated on July 17, 2022 a newsletter
The Democrats’ Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 “would permit abortion up until delivery.”
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • August 1, 2022
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on July 10, 2022 an interview with Breitbart
“My opponent, Cindy Axne, has actively sought to defund the police.”
False
By Sam Knupp • July 20, 2022
Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on June 14, 2022 a campaign ad
“Zach Nunn took money from Adventureland’s CEO, then sponsored legislation to loosen amusement park safety rules. A child died. Zach Nunn put his big donor first, ahead of the safety of Iowa families.”
Mostly False
By Lyle Muller • June 18, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on May 28, 2022 a newsletter
$3 million per day in "your tax dollars" are being spent to guard "unused border wall materials."
Half-True
June 16, 2022
Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls
stated on May 31, 2022 an end-of-year Senate Democrats newsletter
“There are fewer Iowans working today than when Gov. Reynolds took office.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • June 9, 2022
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on May 9, 2022 a campaign ad
“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • May 27, 2022
Mike Franken
Mike Franken
stated on May 5, 2022 a tweet
“Senator Grassley hopped off the Finance Committee, where he could be helpful to Iowa and the nation, in favor of the Judiciary Committee"
False
By Lyle Muller • May 9, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 12, 2022 a Facebook post
“A bird pooped on Joe Biden during his speech” in Iowa.
False
April 13, 2022
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